18 The. Dog Book 
(hunting dog called ‘boar-desiring,’ vara hayus), and the gift of a kennel of 
one hundred dogs is gratefully acknowledged. . . . Here is a lullaby 
from the Rig-Veda which shows on how familiar a footing the dog stood: 
“Sleep the mother, sleep the father, 
Sleep the dog, and sleep the master, 
Sleep may all the blood relations, 
Sleep the people round about.” 
It is in the Rig-Veda that we read of the good old monarch who on his 
death proceeds to heaven accompanied by his wife, his brothers and a dog. 
His human companions drop off one by one and he reaches the end of his 
journey with only the dog. The god appears: “Enter, O King!” “But 
not without this faithful dog.” “Desert the dog,” commands the god; 
“there is no lack of mercy in doing so.” “TI will either not share in your 
heavenly world, or share it with this faithful attendant,” is the king’s re- 
sponse. The god rejoins: “There is no place ‘in heaven for men with 
dogs.” The king replies: “To desert a faithful friend is as great a sin 
as to slay a priest.” 
Indebtedness is acknowledged to Professor A. V. Williams Jackson of 
Columbia University for suggestions with regard to these books, he being 
the author of “Zoroaster, the Prophet of Ancient Iran.” Professor Jackson, 
who has visited the Iranian section of Asia and examined the remains of 
the temples at Persepolis and the caves in the Taht-i-Bostan valley, was of 
the opinion that perhaps dogs were represented on the bas-relief of the deer- 
hunt in the caves. This in response to our statement that, notwithstand- 
ing the status of the dog in ancient Persia, we had found no art reproduction 
of one. On referring to Kiash’s work as suggested by him we discovered 
that the illustration was one we had studied and rejected, having found it 
in another work on Persian antiquities. 
There are two bas-reliefs cut in the rock in this cave, one representing 
the king on a boar-hunt. The reproduction shows it to be a well-executed 
piece of work, but there is not a dog to be seen. The deer-hunt shows 
that the battue and carted deer are not modern inventions of the dilettante 
sportsman. The king accompanied by his orchestra and a troupe of sing- 
ing girls is shown in three different parts of a large inclosure. To the right 
of this are three connecting pens containing deer, which are liberated and 
driven into the large enclosure, and when killed are thrown over the fence 
